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Utah - Bellevue Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105648
MRDS ID W013560
Record type Site
Current site name Utah - Bellevue Mine
Related records 10119796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3123, 43.44379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 3 MI WSW OF BELLEVUE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 018E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN UPPER TOWNSEND GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Lamprophyre
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3123, 43.44379
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure; Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANY OF SLIPS IN SHEAR ZONE ARE LINED WITH CHLORITIC MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kelly, A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1922
    Period 1915-1922
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.13 Oz Au, 66.85 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 4g/mt
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 2114g/mt
  • Year 1922
    Period 1915-1922
    Material AU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 9.8% Pb, 17.7% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Zinc Zinc 18wt-pct
  • Year 1922
    Period 1915-1922
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 1.0% As In 1922.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Arsenic Arsenic 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1915 - 1922 IS ABOUT $10,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 499.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS A CROSSCUT 240 FT. LONG CONNECTING WITH A 1200 FT. DRIFT. A 50 FT. WINZE EXTENDS BELOW THE DRIFT AT A 45 DEG. ANGLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 90, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR - BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90; UMPLEBY, J. B. AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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